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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Concords Taking Flight

If anyone reading this happened to make it to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival last year - and were lucky enough to get a seat in the comedy tent - you probably saw the genius of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Their HBO program, Flight Of The Concords, has it's second season debut online.

The half-hour Season 2 opener kicks off with one of those comic meetings of the minds, in which Bret and Jemaine dump clueless manager Murray (played by Rhys Darby).

In classic Conchords form, the management meltdown leads to a musical number that kicks off the long-awaited second season's story arc.

If you're new to Conchords, don't let Murray's earnest singing put you off the show. Comedian Greg Proops quickly shows up to make the folkies an offer they can't refuse; make it to the end of the first episode, and you'll be rewarded with a musical set piece showing Bret and Jemaine as guitar-strumming angels.